The Government is moving to make the most of the key attraction, recognising its huge tourism potential as hundreds of thousands of visitors a year make the climb up the hill to take in the panoramic views and explore the grounds.

The Arboretum has been hosting one-off amphitheatre performances for years, and last year’s Anthems concert featuring the likes of John Farnham was a sellout.

Last year’s Anthems concert was a sellout event. Photo: Facebook.

The installation of a permanent, covered stage would increase the frequency of concerts and community events, and make them more commercially viable and secure.

It would also be an alternative to Stage 88 at Commonwealth Park.

The proposal for a boutique hotel has been in the works as far back as 2016, and last year Chief Minister Andrew Barr identified a 1.7-hectare site south of Dairy Farmers Hill with unsurpassed views.

Mr Barr had said the site would go to market this year and he hoped to attract international bidders.

There's plenty of room to build a multi storey car park with moveable walkways to the seating venue, let people bring in their own food and chairs, then provide big bins for all the rubbish left behind after the event. Go for it.

This has plenty of potential, but traffic will be an issue, and food seems to be hopelessly inadequate at all these events. Either allow people to bring their own food in, or actually provide affordable, decent quality catering options that haven't got wait times of over 30 minutes or have just run out completely by half way through the event.

Agree that Anthems was such a wonderful event but most definitely traffic /people control and catering was nothing short of a complete disaster. Maybe the planners could also look at use of less plastic.

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